I’ve wanted for some time now to write a blog entry promoting my favorite open source project - AppFuse. Since I started developing web applications using AppFuse as a base, I can truly say that I’ve rediscovered the joy of software development. I’ve found no other technology or methodology that has allowed me to place as much focus as I now do on solving business problems and not on technology ramp-up or figuring out the eccentricities of “framework X.” In this article, Matt Raible, the founder of the AppFuse project, humbly states very compelling reasons that you should use AppFuse for your J2EE development. To summarize, here are the 7 reaons:

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About Me

Matt Stine

I am the Group Leader for Research Application Development in the Research Informatics division of Information Sciences at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis,TN. I primarily spend my days developing and supporting Java EE-based applications in support of basic life sciences research. I have been developing enterprise-scale as well as medium-scale web and desktop-based Java applications for St. Jude since 2000. I have experience developing applications using numerous open source technologies including Spring, Hibernate, and iBATIS.
When I'm not coding, I primarily spend my time trying to keep four very important girls happy: my sweet wife Wendy and my three daughters Abby, Isabella, and Ali Kate. I am also blessed to be the father of the next generation of Stines, Grant Dawson.